Mini Messy Night & SWAP Making

For our second meeting we had some messy fun outdoors and a session of SWAP making to get ready for the Campfire Event in October.

As the girls arrived they organized a game of Everybody's It Tag (I mentioned it was a favourite, didn't I?!). Once the Guiders were finished talking to parents, receiving forms, etc. we had a short opening to explain the plan for the evening.

We had forgotten the baking soda so one Guider went to get some, while everyone else headed outside. We started the evening off with Slime! It was pre-made for the Guides due to the amount of time it would have taken to do at the meeting, but the Pathfinders and Rangers went into the kitchen for their own slime making session. The recipe we used was:

Ingredients:

• 1 Tbsp of Metamucil (or generic version - we used Life Brand from Shopper's Drug Mart)
• 3/4 Cup of Water

Directions:

• Mix Metamucil and Water together in a large microwavable dish for about 1 minute, or until all the powder is dissolved. 
• Place the dish in the microwave and cook on high for 5 minutes. (The large bowl is needed here as the mixture will bubble up!)
• Take the mixture out of the microwave and stir. Let cool for a few minutes and pour out onto a piece of plastic wrap or into a ziplock bag.
• Let cool and enjoy! (One batch makes enough for 2 girls)

We put the slime aside for a game of Hide and Seek around the church property, and once the baking soda arrived we moved on to making film canister rockets. We had some pretty good 'bangs' from the rockets as the girls experimented with the baking soda to water to vinegar ratios. To make the rockets, place some baking soda on the inside of a film canister lid. Add a tiny bit of water, just enough to make the baking soda stick to the lid. Fill the canister with vinegar. Press the lid tightly onto the canister and quickly flip upside down on the ground or a table. When the vinegar mixes with the baking soda it creates carbon dioxide. The pressure from the carbon dioxide will 'pop' the canister off the lid, and, hopefully, up into the air!

As we had reached the mid-point of our meeting, we headed back inside for one more activity - Chocolate Unicorns! In this activity, each girl was given a Girl Guide Chocolately Mint Cookie to place on her forehead (the unicorn horn). She then had to move the cookie into her mouth without using her hands. Girls were then sent to clean up before we started crafting.

The remainder of the meeting was spent making SWAPS. We showed the girls some sample SWAPS and let them create! We provided twigs, pipecleaners, pompoms, string, beads, feathers, fun foam, googly eyes, foam cups, markers, glue, and scissors.

Clean-up took a bit of time, so we ended with a couple of songs led by the Pathfinders and Taps led by our Ranger helper.